Pretty much what I see that computer being is an $80 motherboard with integrated sound, graphics, and ethernet, a hard drive and a case.
I'd suggest a cheap AMD chip, a 64 bit Semperon 2800+ is less than $80 on newegg, they're not the fastest, but the 64-bit enables Windows Vista Beta 1 compatability (haha jk). Browsing through the motherboards you can pick up a decent 70$ motherboard with an onboard geforce 6, ethernet, 5.1 sound. Hard drives are going for around 70$ for a good sized one, I'll let you check that out (for me I'd never settle for anything under 200 gb [you know anime, mp3s -- they get big!] but I don't know what useage you're looking at. Add in a few extras (case, dvd drive, mouse, keyboard) for around 90$ you come to the same price you would have spent on dell, however your chip is easily twice as powerful, more hard drive space, a dvd drive, and you get away from the aweful intel extreme graphics. *note* I didn't include the ram, but if you're planning to upgrade that anyway... The 256 mb is only worth 20$ or so. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
